Egg-turning tray for incubators.



a. r. BOYER EGG TURNING TRAY TOR INGU'BATORS.

APYLIGATIO! FILED OUT- 4, 1909.,

Patented 0ct.18,191

. um/whoa G60i2gel'750yen lmi-t-neosc-o at? 4 z \Vith these and otherobjects in View this 1 GEORGE F. BUYER, 0F SPENCERVILLE, OHIO.

EGG-TURNING TRAY FOR INCUBATORSQ Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 4,

Patented Oct. 18, 1910, 1909. SerialNo. 520,770.

To all whom it may concern:

'lSe it lmown that l, (il-IURHE 1*. Burma, :1

citizen oi the. United States, residing at tS pem-erville, in the countyoi .\llen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefullmprotements in Egg-'lurning Trays for Incubators, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had 1 therein to theaccompanying drawing. This invention relates to an incubator tray ofsuch a character and construction that, the eggs while resting thereinmay be turned without handling and has for its object the production ora tray which is simple in construction, etlicient in operation andconsists of a comparatively small rum- 2 her of parts. 7

Another object of this inrention is the provision of means forfacilitating the-turning of eggs while the same are carried by the tray.

invention COD-LStS of certain novel constructious; combinations andarrangements of parts as will be he einafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tray. Fig, 2 is abottom plan 1 view of the same. l ig. 3 is. a longitudinal section otthe tray, and Fig. it is a section f taken on line. 4--l of Fig. 3. 1

Referring to the drawings by numerals (1) designates the body whichcarries neat each end a roller (2) and a screen frannis carried by thebody (1) intermediate the rolleis (2). The screen frai'ne (3) is pro-1Titled with a, transversely extending ecu-E \rally arranged member t).The frame is covered by a wire fal'iric (5).

An endless apron ((3) travels n Hill the rollers (2) and this apron isprovided centrally thereo't' with an aperture (7) which is reinforced bymeans of stitches around the edge thereof. The aperture (7) of theendless apron (6) is adapted to be upon the bottom of the tray as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, and it will be readily obvious that by placing afinger 111 the aperture that the apron (6) can be moved upon the rollersin any desired position and will in this manner rotate or turn the eggswhich are adapted to be carried by the apron (i. It will therefore beobvious that I have provided a very et'iirh-nt and simple means forrotating the eggs or moving the endless apron (6).

A rack (S) is carried by the top of the body (l) and comprises a pair ofside memiltl'n (it) and end members (10). The side nien'ihers (9) aresubstantially L-shaped in cross section and are adapted to rest upon thesides of the frame (1) as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The side members areprovided with a longitudinally extending depending portion (11) which isadapted to engage the inner face of the sides of the body (1) therebypreventing lateral movement of the rack. The rack (8). is also providedwith transvcrsely extending members (12) which are equally spaced apart.These members (12) are secured at their respective ends to the sidemembers to) of the rack. An egg is adapted to be positioned between eachof the rods or members 12 and it will therefore be obvious that as theapron 6 travels upon the rollers 55 that the eggs will be readilyallowed to rotate without, coming in contact 1 with each other.

What I claim as my invention is: In a device 01 the kind described, aframe, a roller arqacent. each end ot the frame and extendingtransversely across said frame, an endless apron extending over saidrollers and provided with an opening in its under portion, and a guardscreen of wire fabric carried on said frame between said rollers and inspaced relation to the upper and lower portions of said apron, wherebyan object introduced through the opening is prevented from strikingagainst the upper portion of said apron. In testimony-wherwf I hereuntoatfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

F. BUYER. Witnesses:

H. J. SUNDERLAND, Jon ANDERSON.

